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[–] singletona 92 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Weigh down a vehicle who's performance harshly degrades as weight is added, and put it on the battlefield when those batteries have a habit of catching fire.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago (7 children)

The State Department handles diplomacy. I would expect that the intention is for US diplomats (however many are left after all this) to drive around in these things. I'm sure that will help convince other countries that the US is not at all stupidly corrupt.

[–] disguy_ovahea 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yup. Guarantee Musk gets Trump to replace The Beast with an armored Tesla.

[–] FireRetardant 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which then spontaneously combusts killing Trump, but luckily just before that Trump passes an executive order naming Musk his successor.

[–] disguy_ovahea 13 points 6 days ago

If only they heeded your warning, FireRetardant.

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